Snacks

[LoriAnne1]

Any ideas from the pros on ideas of good snacks to carry into the parks? We will be staying in a house off site because of our family size. I would like to eat breakfast In the house and pack snacks for mid day then eat one big meal a day at the parks. So some different kinds of snacks would keep everyone happy for a bit.

 

[geek+nerd]

Jerky, granola bars, trail mix, fruit, nuts. All can be packaged individually.

 

[RedHeadedFairy]

Nothing that melts, lol. We take chex mix, fiber/protein bars, mixed nuts, apples (& eat them 1st so we get our "good" snacks in early & it helps to lighten the load), sunflower seeds, animal crackers & raisins for little ones.

We find that we ALWAYS want park snacks so we stopped carrying more than 1-2 small items per person each day.... DD always gets a Mickey ice cream, we like Dole Whips, Mickey pretzels, candy from the confectionary store inside the Big Top, etc & combined with big meals we found we were carrying too much. When she was smaller & cared less about that kind of stuff we brought more for her to munch on.

 

[BattyMcDoon]

I'm taking a box of protein bars with me and plan on bringing one each day in case I get hungry. We are doing the quick service dining plan and we've never done a plan before so I'm a little worried that it may not be enough food for us, but we'll see. I'm also going to really try and save some of my snack credits so I can bring some goodies home!

 

[Sditto]

I'm hypoglycemic so I always have to bring snacks into the parks with me (like diabetes but I have to increase my sugar not my insulin). I'm bringing ziplock bags full of pretzels (1 for each day) so all I have to do is throw it and some packs of gummies in my backpack. It really helps to keep my blood sugar up.

 

[Dia621]

I'm hypoglycemic so I always have to bring snacks into the parks with me (like diabetes but I have to increase my sugar not my insulin). I'm bringing ziplock bags full of pretzels (1 for each day) so all I have to do is throw it and some packs of gummies in my backpack. It really helps to keep my blood sugar up.

Im hypoglycemic too! I usually carry around Special K Protein bars w/ me whenever I leave the house! My blood sugar can drop in 2 seconds!! So I will need a whole bunch of those! They work really well. Fresh navel oranges work really well too! Those are really good for when I dont feel my blood sugar dropping. Goes straight to bloodsteam!

 

[momfeez]

DD is insulin resistant, so it's nuts, nuts and more nuts for her. I bring nuts as well. DS1 brings beef jerky and teddy grahams. DS2 brings goldfish & pretzels. DH eats whatever I bring or he'll snag some of DS1 beef jerky.

 

[AaronInWI]

We like the Nature Valley crunchy granola bars because they won't melt; but they are very "crumby" so we have to be careful where we eat them. Plus, you get two in a pack, so if you have a Ziploc snack bag you can eat one and save the other for later. Jerky is a great low-fat, no mess snack. We also like pretzels and crackers.

 

[wishdreambelieve]

We always bring hard pretzels to snack on! We also always make sure to have hard candy of some kind like, jolly ranchers, just to have as a sweet little "pick me up".

 

[Pkltm]

We like Rice Krispie treats, gummie fruit snacks, those little packaged cupcakes, pretzels.

 

[Wild about Walt]

We have the same situation. We stay at a condo off property so we have a full kitchen. I will make up snack packs of crackers, digestive cookies, baby carrots, gold fish, grapes etc. I make up some snack wraps (with chicken, lettuce and cheese) that get put into one of the kids lunch bags that goes into one of the back packs. I too like to bring protein bars for myself and granola bars and apples for the kids. Each kid gets a fanny pack to carry their snack packs and their Brita water bottles. Then we will either do an ADR or QS meal for dinner.
Hope this helps.

 

[ZoZo]

I like the little "Jif to Go" peanut butter tubs. I bring some from home, then pair with celery sticks or apple slices purchased at the parks. I even bring raisins so I can make "ants on a log" (my favorite day-camp snack of celery, peanut butter, and raisins!).

I also bring homemade trail mix (peanuts, raisins, M&Ms, and Pepperidge Farm Pretzel Goldfish crackers). I think having protein with your snacks (for me, it's nuts and peanut butter) helps keep you full longer.

 

[Wild about Walt]

I like the little "Jif to Go" peanut butter tubs. I bring some from home, then pair with celery sticks or apple slices purchased at the parks. I even bring raisins so I can make "ants on a log" (my favorite day-camp snack of celery, peanut butter, and raisins!).

I also bring homemade trail mix (peanuts, raisins, M&Ms, and Pepperidge Farm Pretzel Goldfish crackers). I think having protein with your snacks (for me, it's nuts and peanut butter) helps keep you full longer.

I love this idea! I'll be doing this next time we go